Keir Hardie conference, Working-Class Movement Library, Salford, 26 September 2015

Keynote Speaker: Professor David Howell, University of York

Saturday 26 September 2015 will mark the centenary of the death of James Keir Hardie at the comparatively young age of 59. But in those 59 years Hardie had changed the political landscape of Britain.

This conference aims to celebrate the impact Hardie had on British society and the legacy he left for those who followed. Public-facing proposals are invited for 20-minute papers on any area of Hardie's life and work. Papers might address (but are not limited to) the following areas:

*Hardie's labours (Hardie as miner, journalist, editor, politician)
*Hardie's philosophies (Hardie's attitude to trade unionism, mainstream politics, socialism, war, religion)
*Hardie's colleagues (Hardie's working relations with, for example, Sylvia Pankhurst, Margaret *Harkness, Henry Hyde Champion, Ramsay MacDonald)
*Hardie's travels (his work around the British Isles, his internationalism, his overseas tours)
*Hardie as author (his short stories, his children's fiction)Hardie's legacy (the long-term effect of *Hardie's work on British politics)

Please send abstracts of no more than 200 words to Dr Deborah Mutch, De Montfort University, Leicester via email: dmutch @ dmu.ac.uk. Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2015